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02-25-2008, 09:31 AM
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| Lovin my Pixie Pooh Donating Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
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|  OH my goodness! A cautionary tale... 
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02-25-2008, 09:43 AM
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| owned by my monkeys Donating Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: far north dallas, texas
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| oh my gosh!!! so glad you were able to scoop lucy up and keep her safe! i would be crying too! 
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02-25-2008, 09:46 AM
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| Senior Yorkie Talker  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Apple Valley, Ca.
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| I don't like hawks....I had a similar incident recently. I'm glad everyone is ok!!
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02-25-2008, 09:55 AM
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| Love My Li'l Lucy Donating Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California
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| This is my biggest fear with my Lucy. I'm so glad you didn't have a tragic ending!
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02-25-2008, 09:57 AM
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| Donating YT 1000 Club Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fishers, IN
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| omfg!!!! i am so glad you were able to get her in time!!!! BIG HUGS!
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02-25-2008, 10:19 AM
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| megan - g Donating Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Texas
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| Are you in the city or out of town? We have to be VERY careful when Addy goes to the ranch with us, my girlfriend usually brings her 2 maltese. The two little white dogs just draw the preditory birds out. It is very scary and you can't let your guard down for a miniute! The playpen is a very good idea.
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02-25-2008, 10:21 AM
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| No Longer a Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US
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| Oh gosh, the hawks around here are HORRIBLE...I'm sure it's similar down in Charlotte. I don't let mine out of my sight for a second because of them...and I'm still so paranoid. |
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02-25-2008, 10:27 AM
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| Donating YT 500 Club Member  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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Yes, that would be the case for BUZZARDS. Hawks will scoop up and kill living animals though - rabbits, cats, small dogs. My problem is I really can't tell them apart..... no matter how many times my husband tries to describe them to me. So if I see a big black thing circling around our property, Tatum goes inside. If it's a buzzard, oh well..... took the safe route.
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02-25-2008, 10:28 AM
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| No Longer A Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK
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|  That WAS a close call. To close for comfort really. It's a good things that hawk did not come after you knowing you had it's dinner! You never know what they are capable of doing when food it involved. Please be extra careful. I see them flying everyday where we live. Buddy looks up at them and barks but there's no way they could ever get him off the ground. Beside he's always on a leash. You YT'ers with little ones, you just can't be too careful in this case. |
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02-25-2008, 10:29 AM
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| Senior Yorkie Talker  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MCAS Yuma, AZ
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| Okay that is seriously scary! I can't even imagine. I'm glad you were able to grab her though and nothing bad happened. I think I would totally be getting that outdoor playpen if I were you! |
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02-25-2008, 10:34 AM
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| My Four Sweet Babies Donating Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Jersey near Philadelphia
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| Hawks carry off and kill chickens and rabbits all the time, so why not a small dog? I worry about this all the time. Also, don't rule out the great horned Owl or the Bald Eagle. They are even bigger than most Hawks. My Matty isn't even 3 pounds and Kalina is under 6 pounds. Even if they couldn't carry off Kalina they could do plenty of damage on the ground with their talons. Everyone please be careful!!! I'm so glad your little one is safe and sound.
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02-25-2008, 10:35 AM
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| Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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 Luckily, that only lasted a few days and then it was gone, haven't seen any of them since. But I still don't ever leave them unattended out there, trouble lurks all around!
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02-25-2008, 10:39 AM
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| Donating YT 1000 Club Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS
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| Even with a leash on great damage can be done. If the hawk does pick the dog up when it is on a leash, what happens to the dog when the hawk reaches the end of the leash as it flies off? What damage would be done by the talons? What would happen if the hawk let go of the dog and the dog dropped back to the ground? These questions scare me so much that I am close to my furbabies at all time even when they are on-leash. Had one close call when a hawk came down within 8 ft. of Cocoa. The only thing that saved her was that our now-deceased Pommie barked and scared it.
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02-25-2008, 10:40 AM
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| Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
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| I am so glad you were able to pick her up in time!!! I think I would have had a heart attack!!! I am so glad your babies are safe!
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02-25-2008, 10:43 AM
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| Lovin' Lucy & Rebel Donating Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia
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| Thank God you were right there! I hope you can find something suitable with a lid for Lucy to play in outdoors. How scarey!
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i have the same problem here in the summer.i have a fenced yard but i see them up flying around and i even called our local DNR and they said not to worry the birds only swing down for dead things????? i didnt believe him so i keep an eye on them at all times!!!!
